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Have you ever witnessed the absolute darkness after the clack of a midnight lightning storm flipped the power switch? It’s at this time you either know exactly where to reach for a flashlight, or you scurry around stumbling to find one.
When I lived along the Appalachian Mountains I felt like I could reach out and touch the stars some nights. As the sky grew darker the stars shined brighter, and the brighter they were, the closer they seemed.
Ironic, isn’t it, the same darkness that amps up the light’s brightness is where fear grows. The darkness in our hearts and minds when we block out the light of God’s truth is a scary place filled with lies blinding us from THE light.
There are few things I know to be true in life. I am sure of my salvation. Whatever befalls me, I have been saved from eternal damnation and death; Jesus has saved me. I no longer walk in darkness, though its blinding force penetrates my thoughts all too easily at times, I freely walk in the light of my salvation. I also know the power of myself. Where once I thought of myself as strong and self assured, now I am sure of my weakness; I can do nothing without Christ. In my weakness it is only the Lord who makes me strong.
We were watching the strong man competition just last night. Some serious strength was on display both physically and mentally. What are the chances those strongest of people on earth aren’t afraid of something or someone? I am sure it’s about zero percent.
Weakness and fear come in all forms, but God says His own have no reason to be afraid. What can anyone do to or take from us when our salvation and eternity rests with the Lord? Pain? Oh, life’s pains can all but consume us at times. The Lord’s goodness, grace, comfort, and love is present for us as we walk with Him through the valley of the shadow of death, but when we see Him face to face, the pain will be gone forever, but the goodness of His glory in the light of all He is will never dissipate.
Psalm 27:1The Lord is the light of my salvation; whom shall I fear? The LORD is the strength of my life; of whom shall I be afraid?
I praise You, Father, for my salvation. I thank you for being the strength I need in my life, the strength I could never be no matter how strong I think I am on my own. I thank you for being the light of my salvation, in this dark world You are brighter and You are near. Lord, remind me of all You are and that nothing and no-one is to be feared in my heart or mind. Fill me with Your truths, silence the darkness in my heart and mind with Your light.
